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On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 19:58:40 +0000, EvilBill wrote:
 
> I've used every Microsoft OS since DOS 3.1 except WinME. I found it hard
> enough to keep 95/98 working at all without reinstalling every month, let
> alone run games on them well. Personally I've always found Windows 2000 to
> be the most stable gaming platform, but XP comes a close second. I might
> note here that I could never get sound or Internet to work on Windows
> 95... but it works right out of the box on 2000 and XP. I think one of the

Well that's just total nonsense. You never should have to reinstall if
you've learned anything in all those years. And today with the low cost
of mass storage there is no excuse not to have your ass covered with a
backup solution. If you do otherwise you must not have any important
data or are just reckless.

You restore your last good backup if something goes wrong NOT reinstall.

I keep the OS on one partition and the apps and data on another. Should
things go south after say installing some application of partition D
(one of three for data and apps), I simply hook up a backup drive,
restore the OS on C drive and restore D drive only. There is more to say
but that's enough to make the point.

That takes me maybe 15 minutes to back out with no loss of data.

I've got applications and data on my machine that are also 12 years old
like ACAD drawings and various simulations with engineering applications.

If I reformatted and reinstalled every time something went wrong that
would make it highly unlikely for that to happen with some data loss and
very probably a LOT of data loss = Lost work and $$$.